President Barack Obama has had a turbulent few months with the Latino community due to inaction from Congress on immigration reform and his executive action delay. Despite the setbacks in Washington, D.C., the White House wants to remind the Latino community of the Obama administration’s accomplishments.
An Oklahoma federal judge ruled against the federal government providing health care subsidies. The health subsidies were in the form of tax credits from the IRS as a result of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
President Barack Obama’s approval rating and his handling of health care policies and terrorism improved in recent weeks, but the disapproval rating outweighed the positive gains.
The Affordable Care Act has had a profound effect on the historically underinsured Latino community, as the percentage of uninsured American Latinos lacking health coverage, ages 19 to 64, dropped from 36 percent to 23 percent between summer 2013 and spring 2014.
The second open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act's Federal Marketplace is scheduled to reopen in two months, and health care agencies have been learning how to decrease the rate of uninsured Latinos.
Across 36 states, 115,000 people could lose their health insurance provided by the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, due to issues pertaining to citizenship and immigration status.
Based on their degree of acculturation, Hispanic millennials exhibit different levels of sexual risk behaviors. The language spoken by Hispanic millennials and their place of birth likely determines attitudes and behaviors in regards to sex, says a study conducted by the Journal of Adolescent Health.
With the Affordable Care Act implemented and the direct expansion of Medicaid, hospital emergency rooms have seen an increase in patients seeking medical attention.
Conventional thoughts about health and wellness are reinvented in the hands of Hispanic millennials, whose attitudes and behaviors regarding health, diet, and exercise, as well as health-related technology, insurance and the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) differ from their elders.
Support for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, has increased in California as the Golden State prepares for the second enrollment period of the ACA.
The Department of Health and Human Services named the first chief executive officer for the federal health care insurance marketplace, also known as HealthCare.gov.
